U.S. shutdown halts over USD 5 bn weapons exports — Axios
The prolonged U.S. government shutdown has frozen more than $5 billion worth of American weapons exports intended to support NATO allies, including Ukraine.
09 November 2025
The prolonged U.S. government shutdown has frozen more than $5 billion worth of American weapons exports intended to support NATO allies, including Ukraine.
One of Ukraine’s largest biomass-powered thermal power plants came under Russian drone attack overnight.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is ready to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Russian troops attacked three communities in the Sumy region with strike drones during the day, injuring one woman.
Russian troops in Kherson attacked an 87-year-old local resident with a drone, causing her to suffer mine-blast trauma and injuries.
In the Dnipro district of Kherson, Russian troops attacked a 64-year-old local resident with a drone. He suffered leg injuries and mine-blast trauma.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved the National Security and Defense Council's decision to impose sanctions on former Constitutional Court head Oleksandr Tupytskyi, high-ranking Russian officials, and Russian publishing houses.
At night, Russian troops struck a factory in the Koriukivka district of Chernihiv region, causing a fire.
In Simferopol, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian air defenses damaged the central hospital while repelling a drone attack. There were no casualties.
As of the morning of November 9, Russian forces shelled settlements in the Donetsk region 19 times. As a result of the attacks, three people were killed and six others were injured. Residential buildings and infrastructure were damaged.
Recovery work continues in several regions following the massive Russian attack on November 8; in the Poltava region, heat and water supply have already begun to be restored.
On Sunday, November 9, Russian forces shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, injuring a 74-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man.
On the morning of Sunday, November 9, Russian troops launched a drone attack on the southern part of the Odesa region.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin should remember that a nuclear war must never be started, because it cannot be won.
The enemy has changed its tactics and is now attempting to attack both generation facilities and electricity transmission and distribution networks at the same time.
In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, sixteen settlements in the region came under fire, leaving one person dead and ten injured.
Russian forces shelled Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and launched drone attacks overnight, injuring a 75-year-old man.
Resistance groups near Vologda and in Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan) set fire to a railway relay cabinet and equipment on three communication towers.
Resistance groups near Vologda and in Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan) set fire to a railway relay cabinet and equipment on three communication towers.
Over the past day, seven people, including a child, were injured in Kherson region due to Russian aggression.
Three people were killed and six others injured in Donetsk region over the past day as a result of enemy shelling.
Air defense forces shot down 34 drones involved in Russia’s attack beginning the evening of November 8; hits were confirmed at nine locations.
Overnight on Sunday, November 9, drones attacked Voronezh CHPP-1 (combined heat and power plant) in Russia, the city’s largest supplier of heat for residential buildings and major industrial enterprises.
Russian forces attacked Odesa region with strike drones during the night of November 9.
On November 8, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian units engaged in 196 battles, with the Pokrovsk sector seeing the most intense activity as the enemy mounted 73 attacks.
The number of victims of the Russian strike on Dnipro on the night of November 8 has risen to 13, with three people killed.
The number of victims of the Russian strike on Dnipro on the night of November 8 has risen to 13, with three people killed.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to November 9, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,151,070 people, including 970 people in the previous day.
The Resistance Movement of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, working together with SOF Deep Strike units, destroyed a Russian S-400 ‘Triumf’ missile launcher and an ammunition depot in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Canada should increase its military aid to Ukraine in proportion to the size of its own economy.